Weather Records on 2 January 2000

1,340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 2000. Highest significance: North Pelican, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 2000

On 2 January 2000, 1,340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
881 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 1,323 daily.
North Pelican set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 2 January 2000.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

1,340 stations

1,340 station records on 2 January 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
North Pelican	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
North Pelican	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Vernon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lavia Riiho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston Pwr STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yining	China	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,340 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 647, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 2 January 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	647
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 2 January 2000 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 1,323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,045 broken records

Margins by which the 1,045 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 2000

Top 20 records on 2 January 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 2000	North Pelican, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Cairo 3N, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	North Pelican, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Mount Vernon, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Lavia Riiho, FI	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Potter, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	103 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Aurora Water, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Bouake, CI	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Sandakan, MY	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	East London, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Reading Wb City, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	109 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Paonia 1SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	93 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Galva, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2000	Washington 1 W, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2000. 2000 had 1,340 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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Data for records on 2000-01-02: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	981
25 to 50	29
50 to 75	18
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	4